The George C. Marshall Center course on Countering Transnational Organized Crime (CTOC) is a two week resident program that focuses on 21st century national security threats as a result of illicit trafficking and other criminal activities. This program examines the major methods by which transnational criminal and terrorist organizations engage in illegal narcotics trafficking and other criminal activities for profit.

The course is designed for government officials and practitioners who are engaged in policy development, law enforcement, intelligence, and interdiction activities aimed at countering illicit narcotics trafficking, terrorist involvement in criminal activity, and the associated elements of transnational crime and corruption.

Focus

Lectures, case studies, and seminar discussions will provide in-depth knowledge about the activities of drug cartels, terrorists, and transnational criminal organizations with a goal of understanding the necessary strategic level approaches to combating these threats.

Curriculum

This course will be taught by subject matter experts from the Marshall Center along with adjunct professors and guest lecturers from national and international law enforcement and security organizations. The course syllabus details the evolving threat of transnational organized crime in narcotics trafficking and the emergence of similar activities on the part of terrorist groups.

Course seminar activities will discuss the range of government countermeasures to combat this criminal activity. Strategy development exercises will focus on best practices for incorporating government institutions and international approaches in the fight against these modern day national security threats.

Subject matter will address national security threats resulting from:

Narcotics Trafficking

Terrorists use of Criminal Enterprises

Crime-terror Continuum

Partnerships Between Criminal and Terrorist Groups

Terrorists Groups Funded by Criminal Activities

Radicalization of Criminal Groups

Transnational Criminal Cartels

Drug Trafficking Related Violence

Crime for Profit Activities

Illicit Support Activity to Criminal and Terrorist Organizations

Money Laundering and Illicit Finance

Corruption as a National Security Threat

Criminal Threats to Governance

Criminal Penetration of State Institutions

Global Facilitators of Illegal Activities

Regional and Global Crime Relationships

Business Aspects of Transnational Crime

Violence for Political Effect

Nuclear Proliferation

Kidnapping for Ransom

Human Smuggling and Trafficking

Weapons Trafficking

Cybercrime

Legal and Policy Tools to Combat Transnational Crime

Use of Diplomacy to Combat Crime

International Programs and Assistance to Combat Crime

Military Support to Counternarcotics Activities

Case Studies

This program will consist of subject specific plenary lectures provided by faculty and guest lecturers followed by small group seminar sessions led by Marshall Center resident and adjunct faculty. Lectures and presentations will be weighted towards case examples.

For application and deadline information, contact the Marshall Center Registrar, your ministry point of contact, or the U.S. or German Embassy in your capital city.

The George C. Marshall Center course on Countering Transnational Organized Crime (CTOC) is a two week resident program that focuses on 21st century national security threats as a result of illicit trafficking and other criminal activities. This program examines the major methods by which transnational criminal and terrorist organizations engage in illegal narcotics trafficking and other criminal activities for profit.

The course is designed for government officials and practitioners who are engaged in policy development, law enforcement, intelligence, and interdiction activities aimed at countering illicit narcotics trafficking, terrorist involvement in criminal activity, and the associated elements of transnational crime and corruption.

Focus

Lectures, case studies, and seminar discussions will provide in-depth knowledge about the activities of drug cartels, terrorists, and transnational criminal organizations with a goal of understanding the necessary strategic level approaches to combating these threats.

Curriculum

This course will be taught by subject matter experts from the Marshall Center along with adjunct professors and guest lecturers from national and international law enforcement and security organizations. The course syllabus details the evolving threat of transnational organized crime in narcotics trafficking and the emergence of similar activities on the part of terrorist groups.

Course seminar activities will discuss the range of government countermeasures to combat this criminal activity. Strategy development exercises will focus on best practices for incorporating government institutions and international approaches in the fight against these modern day national security threats.

Subject matter will address national security threats resulting from:

Narcotics Trafficking

Terrorists use of Criminal Enterprises

Crime-terror Continuum

Partnerships Between Criminal and Terrorist Groups

Terrorists Groups Funded by Criminal Activities

Radicalization of Criminal Groups

Transnational Criminal Cartels

Drug Trafficking Related Violence

Crime for Profit Activities

Illicit Support Activity to Criminal and Terrorist Organizations

Money Laundering and Illicit Finance

Corruption as a National Security Threat

Criminal Threats to Governance

Criminal Penetration of State Institutions

Global Facilitators of Illegal Activities

Regional and Global Crime Relationships

Business Aspects of Transnational Crime

Violence for Political Effect

Nuclear Proliferation

Kidnapping for Ransom

Human Smuggling and Trafficking

Weapons Trafficking

Cybercrime

Legal and Policy Tools to Combat Transnational Crime

Use of Diplomacy to Combat Crime

International Programs and Assistance to Combat Crime

Military Support to Counternarcotics Activities

Case Studies

This program will consist of subject specific plenary lectures provided by faculty and guest lecturers followed by small group seminar sessions led by Marshall Center resident and adjunct faculty. Lectures and presentations will be weighted towards case examples.

For application and deadline information, contact the Marshall Center Registrar, your ministry point of contact, or the U.S. or German Embassy in your capital city.

The George C. Marshall Center course on Countering Transnational Organized Crime (CTOC) is a two week resident program that focuses on 21st century national security threats as a result of illicit trafficking and other criminal activities. This program examines the major methods by which transnational criminal and terrorist organizations engage in illegal narcotics trafficking and other criminal activities for profit.

The course is designed for government officials and practitioners who are engaged in policy development, law enforcement, intelligence, and interdiction activities aimed at countering illicit narcotics trafficking, terrorist involvement in criminal activity, and the associated elements of transnational crime and corruption.

Focus

Lectures, case studies, and seminar discussions will provide in-depth knowledge about the activities of drug cartels, terrorists, and transnational criminal organizations with a goal of understanding the necessary strategic level approaches to combating these threats.

Curriculum

This course will be taught by subject matter experts from the Marshall Center along with adjunct professors and guest lecturers from national and international law enforcement and security organizations. The course syllabus details the evolving threat of transnational organized crime in narcotics trafficking and the emergence of similar activities on the part of terrorist groups.

Course seminar activities will discuss the range of government countermeasures to combat this criminal activity. Strategy development exercises will focus on best practices for incorporating government institutions and international approaches in the fight against these modern day national security threats.

Subject matter will address national security threats resulting from:

Narcotics Trafficking

Terrorists use of Criminal Enterprises

Crime-terror Continuum

Partnerships Between Criminal and Terrorist Groups

Terrorists Groups Funded by Criminal Activities

Radicalization of Criminal Groups

Transnational Criminal Cartels

Drug Trafficking Related Violence

Crime for Profit Activities

Illicit Support Activity to Criminal and Terrorist Organizations

Money Laundering and Illicit Finance

Corruption as a National Security Threat

Criminal Threats to Governance

Criminal Penetration of State Institutions

Global Facilitators of Illegal Activities

Regional and Global Crime Relationships

Business Aspects of Transnational Crime

Violence for Political Effect

Nuclear Proliferation

Kidnapping for Ransom

Human Smuggling and Trafficking

Weapons Trafficking

Cybercrime

Legal and Policy Tools to Combat Transnational Crime

Use of Diplomacy to Combat Crime

International Programs and Assistance to Combat Crime

Military Support to Counternarcotics Activities

Case Studies

This program will consist of subject specific plenary lectures provided by faculty and guest lecturers followed by small group seminar sessions led by Marshall Center resident and adjunct faculty. Lectures and presentations will be weighted towards case examples.

For application and deadline information, contact the Marshall Center Registrar, your ministry point of contact, or the U.S. or German Embassy in your capital city.

The George C. Marshall Center course on Countering Transnational Organized Crime (CTOC) is a two week resident program that focuses on 21st century national security threats as a result of illicit trafficking and other criminal activities. This program examines the major methods by which transnational criminal and terrorist organizations engage in illegal narcotics trafficking and other criminal activities for profit.

The course is designed for government officials and practitioners who are engaged in policy development, law enforcement, intelligence, and interdiction activities aimed at countering illicit narcotics trafficking, terrorist involvement in criminal activity, and the associated elements of transnational crime and corruption.

Focus

Lectures, case studies, and seminar discussions will provide in-depth knowledge about the activities of drug cartels, terrorists, and transnational criminal organizations with a goal of understanding the necessary strategic level approaches to combating these threats.

Curriculum

This course will be taught by subject matter experts from the Marshall Center along with adjunct professors and guest lecturers from national and international law enforcement and security organizations. The course syllabus details the evolving threat of transnational organized crime in narcotics trafficking and the emergence of similar activities on the part of terrorist groups.

Course seminar activities will discuss the range of government countermeasures to combat this criminal activity. Strategy development exercises will focus on best practices for incorporating government institutions and international approaches in the fight against these modern day national security threats.

Subject matter will address national security threats resulting from:

Narcotics Trafficking

Terrorists use of Criminal Enterprises

Crime-terror Continuum

Partnerships Between Criminal and Terrorist Groups

Terrorists Groups Funded by Criminal Activities

Radicalization of Criminal Groups

Transnational Criminal Cartels

Drug Trafficking Related Violence

Crime for Profit Activities

Illicit Support Activity to Criminal and Terrorist Organizations

Money Laundering and Illicit Finance

Corruption as a National Security Threat

Criminal Threats to Governance

Criminal Penetration of State Institutions

Global Facilitators of Illegal Activities

Regional and Global Crime Relationships

Business Aspects of Transnational Crime

Violence for Political Effect

Nuclear Proliferation

Kidnapping for Ransom

Human Smuggling and Trafficking

Weapons Trafficking

Cybercrime

Legal and Policy Tools to Combat Transnational Crime

Use of Diplomacy to Combat Crime

International Programs and Assistance to Combat Crime

Military Support to Counternarcotics Activities

Case Studies

This program will consist of subject specific plenary lectures provided by faculty and guest lecturers followed by small group seminar sessions led by Marshall Center resident and adjunct faculty. Lectures and presentations will be weighted towards case examples.

For application and deadline information, contact the Marshall Center Registrar, your ministry point of contact, or the U.S. or German Embassy in your capital city.

The George C. Marshall Center course on Countering Transnational Organized Crime (CTOC) is a two week resident program that focuses on 21st century national security threats as a result of illicit trafficking and other criminal activities. This program examines the major methods by which transnational criminal and terrorist organizations engage in illegal narcotics trafficking and other criminal activities for profit.

The course is designed for government officials and practitioners who are engaged in policy development, law enforcement, intelligence, and interdiction activities aimed at countering illicit narcotics trafficking, terrorist involvement in criminal activity, and the associated elements of transnational crime and corruption.

Focus

Lectures, case studies, and seminar discussions will provide in-depth knowledge about the activities of drug cartels, terrorists, and transnational criminal organizations with a goal of understanding the necessary strategic level approaches to combating these threats.

Curriculum

This course will be taught by subject matter experts from the Marshall Center along with adjunct professors and guest lecturers from national and international law enforcement and security organizations. The course syllabus details the evolving threat of transnational organized crime in narcotics trafficking and the emergence of similar activities on the part of terrorist groups.

Course seminar activities will discuss the range of government countermeasures to combat this criminal activity. Strategy development exercises will focus on best practices for incorporating government institutions and international approaches in the fight against these modern day national security threats.

Subject matter will address national security threats resulting from:

Narcotics Trafficking

Terrorists use of Criminal Enterprises

Crime-terror Continuum

Partnerships Between Criminal and Terrorist Groups

Terrorists Groups Funded by Criminal Activities

Radicalization of Criminal Groups

Transnational Criminal Cartels

Drug Trafficking Related Violence

Crime for Profit Activities

Illicit Support Activity to Criminal and Terrorist Organizations

Money Laundering and Illicit Finance

Corruption as a National Security Threat

Criminal Threats to Governance

Criminal Penetration of State Institutions

Global Facilitators of Illegal Activities

Regional and Global Crime Relationships

Business Aspects of Transnational Crime

Violence for Political Effect

Nuclear Proliferation

Kidnapping for Ransom

Human Smuggling and Trafficking

Weapons Trafficking

Cybercrime

Legal and Policy Tools to Combat Transnational Crime

Use of Diplomacy to Combat Crime

International Programs and Assistance to Combat Crime

Military Support to Counternarcotics Activities

Case Studies

This program will consist of subject specific plenary lectures provided by faculty and guest lecturers followed by small group seminar sessions led by Marshall Center resident and adjunct faculty. Lectures and presentations will be weighted towards case examples.

For application and deadline information, contact the Marshall Center Registrar, your ministry point of contact, or the U.S. or German Embassy in your capital city.